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Back in Xincheng again, Zhou Mingchen fell ill right after getting off the plane.

Perhaps the air-conditioning from the south and the air-conditioning from the north were deadly enemies, and they were rampant in his body without giving in to each other. The cold was so fierce that he coughed for only half a day and his body was weak. He took two cold medicines and fell asleep under the quilt.

Cheng Xi came to ring the doorbell, but no one answered for a while, feeling strange in his heart, and started knocking on the door again.He obviously received a text message from Zhou Mingchen, why is no one at home?Uneasy Cheng Xi used the spare key Zhou Mingchen gave him for the first time.

As soon as the door was opened, the room was quiet. After searching for a while, Cheng Xi saw Zhou Mingchen lying on the sofa wrapped up in a ball.Cheng Xi tore away the blanket that was tightly wrapped around him, and saw that his cheeks were flushed, and his forehead was hot when he touched it.

Zhou Mingchen half-opened his eyes in a daze, exhaling hot air from his nose, holding Cheng Xiliang's hand and sticking it to his hot cheek to cool himself down.

Everyone was burned unconscious, Cheng Xi quickly picked him up and took a taxi to the hospital.

Zhou Mingchen was always groggy, half asleep and half awake, his temples hurt and he felt dizzy, his throat was dry and itchy, and he felt uncomfortable all over.

This feeling seemed familiar. In a trance, he saw himself as a child, and his face was flushed with fever. The family doctor just couldn't catch up, and his grandparents rushed him to the central hospital.

In the middle of the night, just as he regained consciousness, he saw his mother sitting by the bed with red eyes. For some reason, he cried out with a "wow".

Dad pushed the door open in a hurry and came in, holding him and his mother tightly in his arms.

Zhou Mingchen remembered that scene for no reason.

There was something cool on his forehead, and Zhou Mingchen struggled to open his eyes in the confusion of consciousness. In the white-eyed ward, Cheng Xi was sitting by the bed, twisting another towel. Shen asked in a low voice: "How are you? Do you feel better?"

Zhou Mingchen smiled weakly: "It's okay." As soon as he spoke, he realized that his voice was extremely hoarse.

Cheng Xi poured him a glass of warm water and carefully fed him.

He was lying there exhausted, with one hand still hanging the water, and could only watch quietly.

Seeing him looking at her all the time, Cheng Xi couldn't help asking: "What's wrong?"

Zhou Mingchen's mind became muddled, and he stretched out a hand that could only move: "Hug me?"

Cheng Xi was a little taken aback, bent over and gave him a hug.

When he was about to get up, Zhou Mingchen didn't let go.

He was a thin figure, Zhou Mingchen could hug him with one hand, and rubbed against his neck unconsciously, smelling the familiar fragrance of grapefruit flowers, the discomfort in his whole body seemed to be relieved a bit.

Outside the window is an empty and quiet street, unlike City C, Xincheng never snows, only fallen leaves swirl down, and unknown wild flowers are still in bloom.

……

April 4th is Zhou Mingchen's 13th birthday. In previous years, at least today would be a family reunion. This year, Zhou Mingchen didn't let his parents come over, so he uploaded the video in the morning.

In the evening, a few people in the dormitory went out to celebrate.The cold spring is cold, and there are not many people at the barbecue stall.Zhou Mingchen ordered a dozen beers, intending not to return home drunk.

Zhou Mingchen slapped the menu on the table, and said boldly, "Just order whatever you want, and I'll pay for it."

Feng Jianning flipped through the menu and ticked off several items, and said politely, "Hey, where can I get birthday stars to buy them?"

Zhou Mingchen didn't expose him either: "You still think there's too much pocket money or something."

Ma Xiaoyu and Cheng Xi saw them chatting, and they didn't know whether it was the wind blowing or drinking, their noses and faces turned red.

Cheng Xi is the most restrained, Feng Jianning is the best drinker, and the other two are as drunk as mud.

Feng Jianning sent Ma Xiaoyu back, while Cheng Xi took Zhou Mingchen away.

Zhou Mingchen was drunk and quiet. He fell asleep all the way from the taxi to the house. Cheng Xi half-carried and half-carried him to the sofa, and went to the kitchen to make a glass of honey water.

When he came back, he saw Zhou Mingchen sitting blankly, his eyes staring straight.

Cheng Xi stretched out his hand and shook it in front of his eyes: "Are you awake? Have a headache?"

After shouting several times, Zhou Mingchen didn't respond. He looked over in slow motion, his eyes blurred.

He supported his head and shook it, and smiled foolishly: "Cheng Xiaoxi? You're here."

This is really drunk, Cheng Xi thought to himself, sat down and handed the cup to his mouth: "Drink this."

Zhou Mingchen drank it obediently, and there was nothing unusual, but Cheng Xi went to wash the cups, and he followed, and Cheng Xi went to the bathroom to fetch water, and he followed.

Cheng Xi twisted the towel and handed it to him, and made a gesture of washing his face: "Wash your face well."

Zhou Mingchen painted a gourd in the same way, rubbed the towel on his face, but at least he washed it clean.

Cheng Xi took him to wash his hands and feet, and he was done.After sending the person to bed and helping to cover the quilt, Cheng Xi got up and turned off the lights and just walked two steps, when there was the sound of "patter-patter" footsteps behind him.

Cheng Xi hurriedly turned on the light again, and saw that Zhou Mingchen also got up, and he didn't know to wear shoes, standing barefoot on the wooden floor.Cheng Xi was a little angry, and he couldn't reason with drunk people, so he pretended to scold him softly: "You want to sleep."

Zhou Mingchen smirked: "Cheng Xiaoxi."

Cheng Xi had a headache, thought for a while, and asked, "Do you have to follow me?"

Zhou Mingchen nodded obediently like a child.

Cheng Xi walked to the other side of the bed, lay down, and patted the place next to her: "Come here, sleep."

Zhou Baobao obediently walked back and lay down, and turned sideways, looking at Cheng Xi without blinking.

Cheng Xi asked: "What's the matter?"

Zhou Mingchen said honestly, "Look at Cheng Xiaoxi."

Cheng Xi said patiently, "Sleep, why do you want to look at me?"

Zhou Mingchen dragged the end of his voice, and said without thinking: "Look at Cheng Xiaoxi."

Cheng Xi: "..." He was also tired today, and with the effect of alcohol, he felt drowsy after lying down, so he said vaguely, "Be obedient, go to sleep."

Zhou Mingchen blinked, watching Cheng Xiaoxi slowly close his eyelids, and fell into a deep sleep.

"Cheng Xiaoxi."

"Cheng Xiaoxi."

"Cheng Xiaoxi."

"..."

A hand stretched out and covered Zhou Mingchen's chattering mouth like a repeater.Zhou Baobao paused for a while, rolled half a circle, and hugged Cheng Xiaoxi into his arms.

Smelling the familiar smell, Zhou Mingchen rubbed Cheng Xiaoxi's soft hair, and finally fell asleep.

Early the next morning, Zhou Mingchen woke up holding back his urine. He woke up thirsty in the middle of the night last night, sleepwalked into the living room and filled two glasses of water.

Cheng Xi slept on his back, with one hand bent under his head and the other hanging naturally on his abdomen. His posture was very cute.Therefore, when Zhou Mingchen opened his eyes, he saw the gentle light of Chen Xi and the profile of Cheng Xiaoxi.

The soft hair is scattered between the forehead and the ears, there is almost no fluff on the fair face, the phoenix eyes are closed and the eyelashes are long, and there is a clear and shallow breathing sound in the nose, because the red lips are a bit dry because of the wine last night, but Still can't take your eyes off it.

Zhou Mingchen stared blankly, and at some point, his lips were already close to the corners of Cheng Xi's mouth, and he suddenly came back to his senses and pulled away.

Afraid of waking Cheng Xi up, Zhou Mingchen hurriedly got out of bed and ran into the bathroom.He slapped himself awake with cold water, looked in the mirror, and couldn't figure out what was wrong with him, the more he tried to sort out his emotions, the more he couldn't grasp the clues.

He just vaguely realized that he was different from Feng Jianing to Cheng Xi. He couldn't help being attracted, wanted to get closer, and wanted to...

Suddenly, he covered his face.

……

Zhou Mingchen and Cheng Xi became estranged.

Zhou Mingchen thought he was doing it quietly, but neither Feng Jianing nor Ma Xiaoyu noticed it.

He still goes to classrooms, eats, chats and jokes with Cheng Xi.

It's just that Cheng Xi knows all too well that Zhou Mingchen is avoiding him, not daring to look him in the eyes, no longer initiates conversations, and no longer likes to be alone with him.Cheng Xi didn't know what the reason was, but Zhou Mingchen didn't say anything, because he didn't want to see him, and he also knew how to show up as little as possible.

He spent too much time in the classroom, and Zhou Mingchen seemed to understand what he meant. It was too early to go back to the dormitory, and it was too late to come out.The time of the two just staggered.

Sometimes when eating alone, Cheng Xi would suddenly feel too quiet, and occasionally a happy smiling face would appear in front of him in a trance.

After discovering Cheng Xi's changes, Xia Nianli often came to ask questions in the afternoon or evening after self-study get out of class.She is a girl with a delicate appearance and an introverted personality. She is always shy when talking to people, and her personality is similar to that of Cheng Xi.Although Cheng Xi looked indifferent, he would not refuse his classmates' request for help.What's more, Xia Nianli always asks for advice sincerely, listens carefully, and is not annoying, so he tries his best to answer every time.

This is the most tormented day for Zhou Mingchen since he came to Xincheng. He can't say what he wants to say, and those who want to watch can't watch it. He can only bear it and pretend that everything is normal.

Until, he found that Cheng Xi also started to alienate him.Zhou Mingchen laughed at himself, okay, now it's as you wish.But why, the eye sockets are hot, and my heart seems to be pressed with a stone.

When he forgot to take something and turned back to the classroom, he was nervous about what expression to show Cheng Xi, but he saw a girl sitting in his place.They didn't know what they were talking about, Cheng Xi smiled slightly.

Zhou Mingchen stepped back, all restraint and rationality disappeared at that moment, he rushed forward, coldly pulled the damn girl up from the seat, and the words came out of his mouth one by one.

"This is my place."

The girl was caught off guard, blushed and apologized: "I'm sorry, I thought you were going back, let me borrow your chair for a while."

The students around were all quiet, watching the movement here.Zhou Mingchen only stared at Cheng Xi, and Cheng Xi frowned slightly when he heard a few classmates whispering: "What's wrong with you?"

He almost said, just sit down, there is nothing to care about at all.

Zhou Mingchen's eyes were red for a moment, his face was terribly ugly, his eyes were fixed on Cheng Xi, he wanted to laugh, but he couldn't.

Maybe he was too obvious, Cheng Xi stretched out his hand subconsciously, and before touching Zhou Mingchen's arm, Zhou Mingchen had already turned around: "Sorry, I was too excited and made a big fuss."

Since then, Cheng Xi felt that Zhou Mingchen was even more abnormal, and he couldn't even tell his sincerity when he smiled.

The other two also realized later that something was wrong between Zhou Mingchen and Cheng Xi.Taking advantage of Feng Jianning's birthday, a few people went out over the wall, bought cooked food and beer and went back to the dormitory, where they set up a small table on the balcony.

At the end of the celebration, Feng Jianning, relying on his status as the birthday star, persuaded him: "We're both brothers, what can't you two talk about? Just resolve any conflicts, or just fight. As for the cold war so long?"

Neither Zhou Mingchen nor Cheng Xi spoke.

With his head down, Cheng Xi sipped the bitter and astringent beer in his glass, his expression normal.

Holding up the wine bottle, Zhou Mingchen drank it one gulp at a time, and finally got drunk as he wished.

Only this time, when he woke up, there was nothing around him.